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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 898953" data-attributes="member: 56379"><p>The battery in your computer (when new)...was supposed to be good for around 5 hours when unplugged...<strong>Under Optimal Conditions</strong>!</p><p></p><p>Coconut Battery currently reports that your battery has 50% of it original capacity...which basically means that it's good for about 2.5 hours unplugged...<strong>Under Optimal Conditions</strong>.</p><p></p><p>Now if you were just surfing the interent (no streaming videos)...with screen brightness low, keyboard illumination off, no music playing...you're probably going to get 2:00-2:15 hours.</p><p></p><p>Start doing anything demanding...and your below 2:00 hours...try watching a DVD on battery power...and maybe we're talking 1.5 hours or less.</p><p></p><p>These of course are some rough estimates.</p><p></p><p>Now if you go to the Apple Store to have your battery looked at...the BIG question is (since your laptop is out of warranty)...will they do it for free? If not, let's say they charge you $25-$30 buck's just to tell you...Yupp, your battery has 50% of it's capacity left (just like Coconut Battery reported).</p><p></p><p>That same $25-$30 you gave to Apple could have paid for almost 50% of the cost of a new battery.</p><p></p><p>Just some things to think about,</p><p></p><p>- Nick</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 898953, member: 56379"] The battery in your computer (when new)...was supposed to be good for around 5 hours when unplugged...[b]Under Optimal Conditions[/b]! Coconut Battery currently reports that your battery has 50% of it original capacity...which basically means that it's good for about 2.5 hours unplugged...[b]Under Optimal Conditions[/b]. Now if you were just surfing the interent (no streaming videos)...with screen brightness low, keyboard illumination off, no music playing...you're probably going to get 2:00-2:15 hours. Start doing anything demanding...and your below 2:00 hours...try watching a DVD on battery power...and maybe we're talking 1.5 hours or less. These of course are some rough estimates. Now if you go to the Apple Store to have your battery looked at...the BIG question is (since your laptop is out of warranty)...will they do it for free? If not, let's say they charge you $25-$30 buck's just to tell you...Yupp, your battery has 50% of it's capacity left (just like Coconut Battery reported). That same $25-$30 you gave to Apple could have paid for almost 50% of the cost of a new battery. Just some things to think about, - Nick [/QUOTE]
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